Canary Wharf QA Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Quality Assurance (QA) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited QA over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	61	58
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching permanent IT job ads	13	35
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	18.84 %	53.85 %
Salaries quoted	13	11
Average minimum salary	£42,308	£50,727
Average salary	£47,885	£52,773
% change on same period last year	-9.26 %
Average maximum salary	£53,462	£54,818
UK excluding London average salary	£37,338	£37,279
% change on same period last year	+0.15 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance Canary Wharf
Matching permanent IT job ads	69	65
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.027 %
Salaries quoted	60	27
Average minimum salary	£53,029	£61,789
Average salary	£57,391	£63,500
% change on same period last year	-9.61 %
Average maximum salary	£61,754	£65,211
UK excluding London average salary	£39,355	£39,963
% change on same period last year	-1.52 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing QA across the Canary Wharf region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing QA across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA.

1 33 (82.50 %) Finance 2 25 (62.50 %) Banking 3 11 (27.50 %) ASP 4 9 (22.50 %) Fixed Income 5 8 (20.00 %) C++ 5 8 (20.00 %) SQL 6 7 (17.50 %) Java 6 7 (17.50 %) Equities 6 7 (17.50 %) TDD 6 7 (17.50 %) Scrum 6 7 (17.50 %) Extreme Programming 6 7 (17.50 %) Wiki 7 6 (15.00 %) UNIX 8 5 (12.50 %) Investment Banking 8 5 (12.50 %) Derivative

8 5 (12.50 %) Equity Derivative 8 5 (12.50 %) Release Management 9 4 (10.00 %) Test Scripting 9 4 (10.00 %) Client/Server 9 4 (10.00 %) Project Management 10 3 (7.500 %) Front Office 10 3 (7.500 %) Back Office 10 3 (7.500 %) SOA 10 3 (7.500 %) Validation 10 3 (7.500 %) Business Analysis 10 3 (7.500 %) Software Testing 10 3 (7.500 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 3 (7.500 %) Usability Testing 11 2 (5.000 %) Test Management 11 2 (5.000 %) Insurance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing QA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited QA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (27.50 %) ASP 2 2 (5.000 %) XML 3 1 (2.500 %) .NET	Business Applications 1 1 (2.500 %) SAP HR
Development Applications 1 1 (2.500 %) WinRunner 1 1 (2.500 %) TestDirector 1 1 (2.500 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 33 (82.50 %) Finance 2 25 (62.50 %) Banking 3 5 (12.50 %) Investment Banking 4 3 (7.500 %) Front Office 4 3 (7.500 %) Back Office 5 2 (5.000 %) Insurance 5 2 (5.000 %) Private Banking 5 2 (5.000 %) Auditing 6 1 (2.500 %) Marketing 6 1 (2.500 %) Education
Job Titles 1 17 (42.50 %) Analyst 2 11 (27.50 %) Development Manager 3 7 (17.50 %) Test Analyst 3 7 (17.50 %) Business Analyst 4 6 (15.00 %) QA Test Analyst 4 6 (15.00 %) QA Analyst 5 4 (10.00 %) Test Manager 5 4 (10.00 %) Financial Business Analyst 6 3 (7.500 %) Quality Analyst 6 3 (7.500 %) Developer 6 3 (7.500 %) Applications Support 7 2 (5.000 %) QA Manager 7 2 (5.000 %) Tester 7 2 (5.000 %) Banking Business Analyst 7 2 (5.000 %) QA Test Manager 7 2 (5.000 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 8 1 (2.500 %) GUI Developer 8 1 (2.500 %) Quant Developer 8 1 (2.500 %) Business Test Analyst 8 1 (2.500 %) SAP Manager	Miscellaneous 1 9 (22.50 %) Fixed Income 2 7 (17.50 %) Equities 2 7 (17.50 %) Wiki 3 5 (12.50 %) Derivative 3 5 (12.50 %) Equity Derivative 4 4 (10.00 %) Client/Server 5 2 (5.000 %) Management Information System 5 2 (5.000 %) DTCC 6 1 (2.500 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems 1 6 (15.00 %) UNIX 2 2 (5.000 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (17.50 %) Scrum 1 7 (17.50 %) Extreme Programming 1 7 (17.50 %) TDD 2 5 (12.50 %) Release Management 3 4 (10.00 %) Project Management 3 4 (10.00 %) Test Scripting 4 3 (7.500 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (7.500 %) Software Testing 4 3 (7.500 %) SOA 4 3 (7.500 %) Validation 4 3 (7.500 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 3 (7.500 %) Usability Testing 5 2 (5.000 %) Test Management 5 2 (5.000 %) Asset Management 6 1 (2.500 %) Software Engineering 6 1 (2.500 %) Agile Software Development 6 1 (2.500 %) OO 6 1 (2.500 %) CRM 6 1 (2.500 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (2.500 %) Change Management
Programming Languages 1 8 (20.00 %) SQL 1 8 (20.00 %) C++ 2 7 (17.50 %) Java 3 2 (5.000 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (2.500 %) C# 4 1 (2.500 %) VB 4 1 (2.500 %) VBA 4 1 (2.500 %) Python	Qualifications 1 1 (2.500 %) Degree
Vendors 1 1 (2.500 %) SAP